Destene Simmons, 23, was arrested on an outstanding traffic warrant. Bond was set at $500, but Simmons left jail late Tuesday and went to a state mental hospital, where she will be held under the Baker Act.

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The medical examiner is currently conducting an autopsy to determine the cause of death. He returned to the apartment Tuesday to see where the body was found.

"It just hurts so bad. It hurts me so bad because I'm so close to my grandson and great-grandson and it hurts me bad and I never thought anything like this would happen," said a woman claiming to be Hope's great-grandmother.

Hope was placed into the care of a relative in late 2011 after an investigation began, according to the Department of Children and Families. According to published reports, Simmons drove Hope to a motel, checked in to a room, then tried suffocating him.

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